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1963 Map of Madison NE

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Madison NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

The Elkhorn River meanders across the rural landscape of Stanton and Madison counties, defining a valley marked by numerous oxbow lakes and wetlands. In the early 1960s, this area was characterized by a dense network of one-room schoolhouses, including School No 21, School No 81, and School No 36, serving the surrounding farmsteads. The Chicago and North Western railroad cuts diagonally through the northern half of the map, following the natural topography north of the river.

Genealogists will find significant value in the documentation of family-named sites and burial grounds like Pleasant Run Cem and Belz Cem. The river's influence is evident in the naming of features like Loes Lake, Pillar Lake, and Lehman Lake, which dot the floodplain. In the southern portion of the sheet, the terrain shifts toward the Union Creek drainage, where further rural landmarks like School No 55 indicate the distribution of early plains settlements.